219: TikTok ticking away
#SistersInLaw
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🗓️ 18 January 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Barb McQuade hosts #SistersInLaw to review the SCOTUS decision upholding a US-based TikTok ban unless it divests from its Chinese parent company and explain the balance of free speech and national security concerns taken into account in their ruling. Then, the #Sisters analyze Pam Bondi’s performance in her confirmation hearings and weigh whether Pete Hegseth has the qualifications or moral certitude to lead the DoD. They also investigate the future of Jack Smith’s report, how it treats Trump’s actions on J6 in light of the 14th Amendment, and Judge Cannon’s continued interference in its potential release.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, I'm Kimberly Atkins store. With the new administration, a lot will be changing, and it's a lot for us to learn about. If you want to learn about the 14th Amendment and what that means for things like birthright citizenship, please listen to my podcast, Justice by Design. The link is in the show notes. And this week and every week, we are breaking down |
| 0:22.4 | solutions and answering questions that you may have about how the world works in 2025 and |
| 0:29.4 | beyond. You can find it wherever you get your podcast and it's linked in the show notes. |
| 0:50.4 | Welcome back to hashtag sisters-in-law with Joyce Vance, Jill Wine Banks, Kimberly Atkins Store, and me, Barb McQuaid. Get ready for the new administration by checking out our brand |
| 0:56.1 | new t-shirts that celebrate the resistance. You get it? Resistence. You can go to Politicon.com |
| 1:05.5 | slash merch and see our new t-shirt. Today, we will be talking about the Supreme Court's decision in the TikTok case, |
| 1:14.3 | this week's confirmation hearings of Pam Bondi and other Trump appointees, |
| 1:19.6 | and at long last, the Jack Smith report on the January 6th investigation. |
| 1:24.1 | But first, I want to chat with my sisters a little bit. |
| 1:26.4 | You know, it's a quiet time a year, and I'm always curious to hear what kind of content my friends are enjoying. |
| 1:36.0 | You know, books, movies, TV shows, anything good to get your mind off of the news that you've been enjoying? |
| 1:43.6 | You know, my husband and I, we've been watching. |
| 1:47.1 | Like we have our own things that we watch. |
| 1:49.2 | His is usually sports related. |
| 1:50.6 | Mine is like, you know, real housewife's trash. |
| 1:53.1 | But we always pick things that we're watching together. |
| 1:56.4 | And, you know, we wait for each other to watch the next episode. |
| 1:59.6 | So right now our show is No Good Deed on Netflix. |
| 2:03.9 | And I love it, A, because it is a total Gen X dream. |
| 2:10.0 | Like it's got Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano and like a lot of recognizable, you know, people in it. And so, you know, I like that. I always feel, |
| 2:21.5 | I always feel old when I'm watching like the Oscars or the Emmys or something. I'm like, |
| 2:24.9 | who's that? Who's that? What's that? I've never heard of that. I've never seen that person. |
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